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No. 426,325. .PatentedApL 22, 1890,.

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L IMON M. REED, OF CLEVELAND, OI-IIO, ASSIGNOR TO 'IHE CLEVELAND COOPERAGE AND MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HEATER FOR COOPERAGE PURPOSES.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,325, dated April 22, 1890.

Application tiled January 23, 1890. Serial NoA 337,803. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEMON M. REED, of Cleveland, `in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heaters for Cooperage Purposes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in heaters for cooperage purposes; and it consists in certain features of construction and in combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the manufacture of barrels and kegs, the staves having been assembled and held in place by truss-hoops, and preferably with one head in place, the barrel or keg should then be heated to shrink the wood and to set the staves in their bent position, preparatory to the inal hooping, and my improved heater is adapted more especially for such purpose.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation with a jacket or casing in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a plan in section on line 0005, Fig. 2. Fig. is aside elevation of one ot' the vertical partitions of the stove. Fig. 5 is an end view of the grate.

A represents a stove, usually of cast-iron, and preferably of the cylindrical variety shown, the same having a fuel-supply door A and ash-pit door A2, the latter being provided in the usual manner with dampers for admitting air under the grate for the purposes of combustion;A also, is provided a door A3 near the bottom of the stove for the purpose of cleaning the internal lower portions of the stove and the adjacent sections of the smokepipe B2. The stove-cylinder A has internal vertical ribs d for holding in place partitions C C. These partitions extend from near the top' of cylinder A-say within an inch and a half or two inches, (more or less,) downward past the ash-pit, at which point cylinder Ais provided, forward and rearward, with internal horizontal ribs d for partitions C C to rest on. Partition-plates C, along the bottom thereof, have ribs c, presenting,r inward or toward each other, and partitions C are notched at the lower corners thereof at c c', where these partition-plates engage ribs a d', so that the top surfaces of ribs a and ribs c are on the same horizontal plane and support plate D on the four sides thereof, the latter constituting the bottom wall of the ash-pit.

Fis the grate, the same having a square hole in the front and rear sections for receiving the square portion of spindle or shaker f, on which the grate is mounted. The grate ts loosely between the plates C C,I so that the grate may be suiicientlj` shaken or oscillated by means of the spindle or shaker.

E is a cover resting on top of the stove, and E E are metal plates connected with the cover by means of bolts c, and these plates are separated the one from the other, and thelower plate is separated from the cover, respectively, by means of washers or thimbles c mounted on the bolts. Partitions C C partition oit a portion of the space in the stove into diving-i'lues B B, and these lines discharge int-.o chamber B below the ash-pit, the latter connecting, as aforesaid, with smoke-pipe B2. It will be seen, therefore, that the lire-box is located between partitions C C and the products of combustion pass up over these partitions and down through the diving-dues into chamber B and from thence has its exit through the smoke-pipe.

G is a jacket or casing constructed usually of sheet metal and inclosng the upper portion of the stove from about the line of thc grate upward, and between this jacket and the adjacent section of stove A is inclosed a heating-chamber K, in which the barrel 0r keg, the one or the other, according` to the size of the heater, is placed. For supporting this jacket is provided a broad :ilat ring H, having depending` ears Il', these ears being bolted to the stove. The ring has a peripheral flange 7i for attaching the jacket, and has a broad upturned annular flange h ,that stands oft a trifle from the stove, as shown, and by being thus separated from the stove this flange does nctbecome overheated, and serves as a shield or guard to prevent the barrel or keg from coming in contact with the stove, by reason of which the barrel or keg is not burned. Ring H is located about opposite the grate, as shown. The jacket is provided with a cover G', this cover being hinged on the rear side at g somewhat below the top of the jacket IOO and somewhat rearwardof the latter', as shown, so that in opening the cover the latter will swing back out of the wayu A metal strap g is attached on top of the cover and extends laterally, the en ds of this strap being bent down outside the cover, as shown, and to the f depending ends of strap g are attached rods up through holes in ring I-I into the heatingchamber, these rods having laterally-projecting heads Z for the barrel or keg to rest on. These heads Z are therefore elevated simultaneously with cover G. Jacket G is provided with a door G2, located opposite door A', and by opening the former access is had -to the latter whenever it is necessary to replenish the fire.

, In operating theheater the operator places his foot on the forward end of the lever or treadle .I and depresses it to open cover G and to elevate heads Z, and holds the parts in Such posit-ion while he removes the barrel or keg from the heater and places another in position in the heater. The elevation of heads Z raises the keg or barrel about a third of its' length above the heater, in which position it can be easily grasped and handled, and in placing a barrel or keg in the heater with heads Z elevated the keg or barrel is easily lowered into the heater for about two-thirds of its length until it rests on these heads, after which, by gradually withdrawing the foot upward from the lever, the barrel or keg is gradually lowered into the heater simultaneously with the closing of the cover. The barrel or keg M, when in position in the closed heater, the upper head m is supposed to be just above the upper plate E', and there being several of these plates the initial heat from cover E is deflected laterally so as not to burn heads m, which latter would other- Wise receive too much heat from cover E.

The device is simple and comparatively inexpensive, and occupies but a little more floor space than the barrel or keg it` is intended to accommodate, and from the fact that the barrel or keg is entirely inclosed in the heatingchamber the work is eifective and quickly done.

In Fig. 4 the partition-plate C is shown in three pieces. This construction is preferable because the central portion of the plate, being opposite to the tire, is likely to burn out soonest, and therefore a considerable saving is effected by having the plate in pieces, so that the central section thereof can be renewed more frequently than the end sections.

Vhat I claim is- I. A heater for cooperage, comprising a stove having diving-fines connecting with a smokepipe at or near the bottom of the stove, a jacket surrounding the upper section of the stove and inclosing a heating-chamber adapted to receive a barrel or keg, according to the size of the heater, a tilting cover connected with the heater, and a treadle operativelyconnected with such cover for opening and closing the same, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with stove, jacket, and inclosed heating-chamber, substantially as indicated, a tilting cover for opening and closing such heating-chamber, and a treadle operatively connected with such cover for opening and closing the same, of rods connected with such treadle, such rods extending'into the heating-chamber and having heads adapted` to support a barrel or keg in position in the heating-chamber, such heads being simultaneously elevated and depressed with the tilting cover, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with stove, jacket, and inclosed heating -chamber, substantially as indicated, of a cover for the stove-top, such cover being provided above with a series of lateral plates, the cover and the different plates being separated the one from the other, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses this 4th day of January, 1890.

LEMON M. REED.

Witnesses:

CHAs. H. DoRER, WILL B. SAGE. 

